1. Personal Details
Hartikainen Kaisa ORCID Researcher ID 0000-0001-7278-9635
2. Degrees
Neurologist University of Tampere, Finland, 5.7.2011
Title of Docent Experimental Neurology, Tampere University, Finland, 10.3.2011
Ph.D. University of Tampere, Finland, 22.8.1996
Medical Doctor (M.D.) University of Tampere, School of Medicine, Finland, 20.6.1996
3. Other Education and Expertise
Competence for a full professor position in neurology, memory disorders and physiology
Evaluations for a position of a full professor:
Competence as a full Professor of Physiology, University of Tampere, Finland 2013
1st ranking candidate, evaluated by one of the international expert reviewers from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Competence as a full Professor of Neurology, University of Tampere, Finland 2016
1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from Munich Center for Neuroscience – Brain and Mind, Germany
1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from UCL, Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom
Competence as a full Professor of Memory Disorders, University of Tampere, Finland 2018
1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from the University of Dublin, Ireland
1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from the University of Oxford
2nd ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Competence as a full Professor of Neurology, Oulu University, Finland 2022
1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from Uppsala University, Sweden
1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from Imperial College, London, UK
1st ranking candidate, evaluated by the international expert reviewer from CHU de Grenoble, France,
4. Current Employment
2011- Head of Behavioral Neurology Research Group, Pirkanmaa Hospital District
2016- Neurologist, Lecturer, Consultant, Aivoima, Mehiläinen, Tampere
2022- Chief expert, National Brain Health Programme, The Finnish Brain Association
5. Previous Work Experience
Research Experience
2017-2021 Clinician Researcher/Neurologist/Head of Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital
2011-2016 Academy Research Fellow, Founder and Head of Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Tampere Univ. Hospital
2005-2008 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, University of Tampere, School of Medicine
2001-2003 Assoc. Specialist, Dept. of Psychology and Helen Wills Neuroscience Inst., University of California Berkeley, USA
1998- 2001 Postdoc. Fellow, Human Neurobiology Laboratory, Dept. of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
1997-1998 Postdoc. Fellow, Cognitive Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurology, University of California, Davis, USA
Clinical Experience
2018 Neurologist, Tampere University Hospital
2011-2018 Neurologist, Attendo, Validia Lahti, Rehabilitation Center, Kankaanpää, Kokkola Central Hospital
2011-2016 Head Injury Neurologist, Dept. of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
2001, 2009-11 Neurology Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
2006-2009 Head Injury Physician/Neurology Resident, Dept. of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
2008-2009 Private Practice, Terveystalo, Tampere, Finland
2000-2001 Memory and Aging Center, Dept. of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
6. Research Funding
European Union Social Fund/ Finnish Social and Health Ministry
1.3.2020-30.8.2023 265 000€ Sustainable brain health, Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, Pirkanmaa Hospital District
Academy of Finland (Principal Investigator K.M. Hartikainen)
1.9.2017-30.08.2021 302 932€ Clinician Researcher Funding: Cognitive flexibility and emotion-attention interaction as indicators of brain health, Behavioral Neurology Research Unit,Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland
Academy of Finland (Principal Investigator K.M. Hartikainen)
1.9.2011-31.08.2016 973 975€ Academy Research Fellow Funding: Understanding, Assessing and Rehabilitating Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Dysfunction Due to Neurological Disorders, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland
Academy of Finland (Post-doctoral funding for project in USA)
1998-1999 136 800 FIM, 1998 The Effect of Attention on Brain Rhythms University of California, Davis, Department of Neurology, 1999 Emotion Attention Interaction and Brains Oscillatory Activity, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
7. Research output
1989-2021 Authorship in 49 scientific original publications with 19 first, 4 second and 17 last authorships indicating a major role in most of the publications.
73 Research Abstracts with novel experimental research results reported in each. Poster or oral presentations in national and international conferences either by Hartikainen or students supervised by her.
8. Research supervision and leadership
2008-2024 3 supervised PhD thesis, 3 ongoing PhD supervisions, 5 supervised master’s thesis, 15 supervised medical thesis
2012-2023 PI and Head of Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, at Tampere University Hospital
9. Merits in Teaching and Pedagogical Competence
Evaluated Lecture
2005 Fetal Circulation and its Changes at Birth. Grade: Very Good (Assistant Professor at University of Tampere)
Lecturer/Instructor
2006-2013 Visiting Lecturer, Anatomy and Physiology, Tampere University of Technology
2006-2009 Asst. Professor, Physiology, University of Tampere, School of Medicine
2004 Instructor, Basic Neurology for Medical Students, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Planning, instructing courses, teaching evaluations, creating new learning environments
2017-2022 In charge of planning and instructing variety of intensive courses to health care professionals
2006-2007 As an Assistant Professor of Physiology in Tampere University, School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland
2007-2009 As a member of the Academic Council, University of Tampere, School of Medicine, Tampere, Finland
2012 Established new learning environment, Behavioral Neurology Research Unit, in Finland in Tampere University Hospital (http://www.uta.fi/med/en/research/behavioralneurology/index.html).
10. Awards Prizes and Honours
2023 Award as part (chief) of the expert group in planning the National Brain Health Programme, Finnish Brain Association
2006 Instructor of the Year, Medical Students Association (TLK), University of Tampere, School of Medicine, Finland
11. Other Academic Merits
Monitor/Expert position
2017 -2020 EU Horizon 2020 funded project monitor/expert
Grant Reviewer
2019 Research grant reviewer, Israel Science Foundation
2016 Research grant reviewer, International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF)
2015 Research grant evaluator, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Study (FRIAS) Univ. of Freiburg and Univ. Strasbourg
PhD Opponent and PhD reviewer
2015-2022 Once PhD Opponent at University of Groningen, Netherlands, four times PhD Reviewer at University of Oulu, Medical School, at University of Helsinki, and at University of Groningen, Netherlands
Conference Reviewer/Member of Scientific Committee
2012 International Neuropsychological Society (INS) meeting 2012/11th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology, Oslo, Norway
Editorial positions
Associate Editor for Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Peer-Review Journal Reviewer
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Brain and Cognition; Cognition and Emotion; Cognitive Brain Research; Experimental Brain Research; Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science; Journal of Cognitive Psychology; Neuroscience; Psychophysiology; Scandinavian Journal of Psychology; Scientific Reports
International Invited Lectures
Several invited lectures in international conferences, high-ranking universities and hospitals such as MIT, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Boston, USA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA, Stanford University, Dept. of Psychiatry, Palo Alto, USA, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Psychology, Berkeley, USA, University of California, San Francisco, Dept. of Neurology, San Francisco, USA
Positions of Trust
2007-2009 Member of the Academic Council, University of Tampere, School of Medicine